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the Bengals after quarterback Jameis Winston was benched for Ryan Fitzpatrick who led them to an 18-point comeback to tie before eventually losing to a field goal in the final seconds. But “almost” is merely another loss to add to their record this season.The move to start Fitzpatrick heading into Week 9 is an interesting one. Tampa Bay saw the veteran quarterback we are used to see in Weeks 3 and 4 Carlton Davis Jersey , but the Bucs are right back in a quarterback carousel. Head coach Dirk Koetter and the rest of the staff have a lot of things to figure out. With the defense still struggling, the last thing they needed was another issue elsewhere on the field. And it so happens that now they have a bad problem at quarterback.Below are how some national media outlets view the 3-4 Buccaneers.ESPNThe MMQBUSA TodayNFL.comAnd over at the mothership, SB Nation ranks the Bucs 26. Same as last week.The Bucs are leaving yards and points on the field Everyone has blind spots.If you’ve been around Bucs Nation for a while, or followed me or Steven Beck on Twitter, you’ve undoubtedly read and talked about the Bucs’ offensive struggles in the first quarter, and first half. It’s a table that’s been pounded for years now Authentic Mike Evans Jersey , a dead horse beaten into dust. Besides the overarching context of the proliferation of the spread taking hold of the NFL right now, there’s a much simpler trend staring the NFL in the face: it’s much easier and better to throw on first down. Believe it or not, but NFL teams often do things that don’t make any sense. All good coaches self-scout their own tendencies and work to improve. But football coaches can also be slow to change. Those that don’t adapt, or don’t adapt quickly enough, will find themselves without a job sooner rather than later. But we’re all human. We all have strengths and weaknesses, and even the best of us can tend to be stubborn Youth Kwon Alexander Jersey , or ignorant, or just blind to our own failings. Such may be the case with the offensive staff of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This isn’t just a single-year thing. For the last two years (and almost certainly all three years Dirk Koetter has been with Tampa Bay) the Bucs have run two-thirds of the time on first downs in the first quarter of games despite the fact that the pass was more than twice as effective. The problems with this are numerous, but the bottom line is those who do have the ability to self-scout can find and create advantages over those that can’t. Those advantages can turn into wins.It’s a 1990s-era philosophy; run the ball on first down to protect your (young) quarterback. Except the evidence has shown for some time now that the only real way to protect a quarterback is to do the opposite and throw. Because when the run isn’t successful you just end up putting even more pressure on your quarterback. But there are practical reasons as well.Let’s look at this from a tangible perspective. If we take the last two seasons, on first down in the first quarter and factor out Ryan Fitzpatrick and QB runs, the Bucs have run approximately 146 times for 3.42 yards per rush and 500 yards and passed 70 times for 8.2 yards per attempt and 511 yards for a total of 1,011 yards. Half as many attempts for the same yards. If the playcalling had been reversed http://www.buccaneersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-donovan-smith-jersey , the Bucs would have rushed for 239 yards and passed for 1,197 yards for a total of 1,436 yards.
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